Vancouver has had a reputation as 'no fun city' for a long time. I never thought of us as having a lot of parades.

The Pride Parade has been going on for perhaps 25 years. It's a very well done, heavily attended celebration now. In the early days it was lame.

There is a Canada Day Parade, Santa Claus Parade, and quite a few community parades such as Caribanna and the Pride Parade. Many of the parades the Carnival Band marches in are probably better described as processions.

Ummmm KB, I'm not sure if my leg is being pulled or not. It's the Gay Pride Parade. The 'Gay' was dropped years ago. Apparently Vancouver has the largest Lesbian, Gay and Transgendered community in Canada. This doesn't come as news to most of us who live here but Toronto and Montreal are larger cities. Vancouver may have a reputation for tolerance but I'm not sure that's really the case.

BTW, my flickr page has never had more hits than it's had since I posted these parade photos.

Thanks for explaining. This parade is like the gay-parade on the channels in Amsterdam. 'Funny' enough Amsterdam has also the name of being very tolerable. Sadly people are still beaten up regularly for their sexual perverance.

Virginia and Wayne -- Here is a link and you can also google moon pie (and moon pie song) to read more. During Mardi Gras they are bought by the case and wrapped individually in silver (mylar?) they make a beautiful sight as 144 of them fly off a float to the waiting crowd below. Love it!